Play off Progress

The Boys Blue Volleyball team finished their season with a 13-1 record and defeated St. Joseph's to capture the DPL Championship! The BL gym was packed with Wildcats supporters. The team wishes the thank all of the students and parents that came out to support them. This marks the 3rd consecutive championship for Coach Greg Ditmar and his boys!

The 6th grade football team defeated CKS today in a hard fought battle 12-6. They play the winner of the St. Rita vs St. Pius game next Sunday. The time and location are TBD. Check this blog or the DPL website for further information.

The undefeated 5th grade football team had a bye this week and plays the winner of the St. Patrick's vs St. Monica's game. They play at noon on Sunday, Nov. 14th at Bishop Lynch.
Go Wildcats!

Volleyball Playoffs

The volleyball playoffs are here and we have a full slate of games at St. Thomas Thursday night. Set your Tivo and watch the Rangers when you get home. The home games are:
5:00p 6th Grade Div. 1 vs St. Rita
6:00p 6th Grade Div. 2 vs. SMA
7:00p 8th Grade Div. 1 vs. IC
8:00p Boys Blue vs. St. Paul

Can you dig it?!

Stop...Banner Time

Congratulations to the St. Thomas Boys Varsity Cross Country Team for bringing home the hardware! The took first place in the DPL City meet. Way to go, boys.

Volleyball All-Stars

Congratulations to Abigail Miller and Sofia Schleppenbach for making the DPL Volleyball All-Star Team!! The game is tonight (Oct. 20th-sorry for the late notice) at 7:00p. Here is a link for more information.
http://www.dallasparochialleague.com/volleyball_all_star_game.html
Go Wildcats!

Volleyball Round-up

The volleyball season is closing fast and most of the St. Thomas teams are poised for a playoff push. The 5th grade teams have mirror records with the Blue team standing at 3-6 while the White team is 6-3. The Div. 1 6th grade girls are 6-2 and are currently in 4th place. The Div. 2 Blue team is 7-1 overall and are in 2nd place while the White team is 5-3 and in 5th place. The 7th grade Div. 1 team sits at 3-4 and the Div. 2 team is 3-7. The 8th grade Div. 1 teams has a record of 3-5 and the Div. 2 team sits at 1-6. The Boys Blue team suffered their first loss of the season bringing their record to 8-1 and the White team continues to improve but has yet to crack the winning column.

All of the teams plan on finishing the season strong. The last games of the regular season are this weekend. Consult the DPL website for schedules. The playoffs start on Tuesday, October 26th.

Domination

The St. Thomas Wildcats demonstrated a domination over their opponents that few have ever witnessed on Homecoming Sunday. The Wildcats outscored their opponents by a combined total of 94-Zilch.The day started out with the undefeated 5th graders taming the Bearcats of St. Monica by a score of 24-0. The game was never in question. The 6th grade football team took to the gridiron against the Tigers of St. Pius. This one was over quickly as the JV squad controlled the game and coasted to a 42-0 victory. The Varsity team used a stifling defense to squash any hopes the St. Pius Tigers had of upsetting the Wildcats. Quniten Harrah made the Tigers of St. Pius look more porous than pius before the day was through, displaying pinpoint accuracy and spreading the ball all around the field.The defense even got on the board with a fumble recovery in the end zone by 7th grader Chase Kirkland. The final score for the 7th and 8th graders was 28-0.



As it stands now, the 5th grade team is still UNDEFEATED at 6-0, the Junior Varsity team sits at 2nd in their division and is 4-2 overall, while the Varsity team is currently tied for 1st in their division. Things are looking good for the St. Thomas Wildcat football teams.

Volleyball During Carnival?

The schedule makers weren't very kind to St. Thomas this year with all of the volleyball teams having games during Carnival. Perhaps their minds were on snow-cones and talent show.


The 5th grade Blue team lost two matches to St. Monica and St. Mark. The White team split their two matches with St. Monica and St. Pats. The sixth grade D1 team swept St. Pats and Prince of Peace while the D2 White team went 1-2 by beating St. Paul and losing to St. Monica. The D2 Blue team won both of their matches, beating St. Pius and St. Pats. TheD1 gorls of 7th grade lost a close match to cross-town rival St. Bernard, and the d2 girls lost a double header to CHrist the King and St. Pius. The Varsity D1 8th grade girls lost a heartbreaker against All Saints (is that really fair, all of the saints?) in three games. The 8th grade D2 girls lost a close one to St. Augustine. The Boys White team lost to St. Monica while the Blue team defeated St. Joseph's 25-13 in each of their games.

The Football Week In Review

The 5th grade Wildcats played their first home game of the season last Wednesday night as they hunted the St. Marks Lions under the lights on the new turf at Ruffino Stadium at Bishop Lynch High School. The Wildcats jumped out to an early lead by blocking a punt and running it in for a touchdown. They added two more scores before halftime and grabbed a 19-6 lead at the end of the second quarter. They scored again in the third quarter and coasted to a 25-6 victory.

The 5th grade boys had a quick turnaround as they had another game on Sunday, the day after carnival. This marked their third game in seven days. The Wildcats got off to another lightening fast start by scoring twice in the first quarter and added another touchdown in the second. They scored again in the third and fourth and shut out the St. Monica Bearcats by the score of 34 to zilch. The defense played their best game of the young season and brought their record to a DPL leading 3-0. The 5th graders get a well deserved weekend off and play next on Wednesday the 29th at BL against St. Pats.

The 6th graders evened up their record at 1-1 by slaying the Crusaders of CKS by a score of 13-6. The 6th grade Wildcats battle St. Joseph next at BL on Sunday, Sept. 26th at high noon.

The varsity had the weekend of Carnival off but they take the field to battle the Crusaders of CKS at 5:30p on Wednesday. The game is at Crusader Field.

The First Volleyball Weekend

The St. Thomas volleyball teams had a very successful opening weekend. Starting with the 5th grade girls, the White team went 2-0 by beating St. Pius and Rita-Black. The Blue team went 1-1, beating Rita and then losing to St. Pat's. The 6th grade D1 girls defeated St. Bernard's in a two game sweep to go 1-0. The 6th grade D2 White team beat the Rita White team to start the season off at 1-0. The Blue team lost a hard fought match to St. Rita-Green. D1 7th grade girls took three games to knock off St. Elizabeth's 23-25, 25-11 and 16-14. The D2 7th graders finished the weekend 1-1 by beating St. Augustine and losing to St. Mark. Moving on to 8th grade girls, the D1 team lost their match in three games to St. Joseph's while the D2 team split their games by beating Rita's and losing in a tie breaker to St. Paul. The Boys White team got better as their match progressed but came up a bit short in falling to St. Augustine. The Blue team dominated St. Mark's 25-9 and 25-13 and are 1-0.

Our Weekend at Rita's

5th Grade
The season got off to a great start for our youngest Wildcats as they traveled to St. Rita's and defeated the Spartans by a score of 27-13. After intercepting a pass for a touchdown in the first quarter, they added another in the second for a half time lead of 13-6. The Wildcats added a touchdown run in the third followed by a touchdown pass in the final stanza to seal the victory. On the defensive side of the ball, they intercepted 4 passes and held the powerful Rita Spartans in check all day. A special thank you to all of the cheerleaders who braved the heat and humidity to help cheer the Wildcats to their first victory.

6th Grade
Our JV Wildcats played a very hard fought game against the Spartans in the blazing sun on Sunday and came up just a bit short losing 13-6. The 6th graders look forward to meeting this team again, perhaps in the playoffs. The blazing sun and rising humidity did little to dampen the spirit of the cheerleaders and the football players appreciate the enthusiam the girls show.

Varsity
The Varsity team played a very strong Rita team and left it all on the field. Although, they didn't prevail in the game, they would like to thank their families and the cheerleaders for cheering them on throughout the game.

Here is a link to staff photographer Gordon Bruce's fine work from our weekend at Rita's.


http://picasaweb.google.com/gordonandmonica/STAStRITA?feat=email#

Winners from the PPK Event

The results of the Punt, Pass and Kick competition from Friday, August 20 th are as follows:

Kindergarten-Brady Bertsch

1st Grade-Jack Hettrick

2nd grade-Nicole Rodriguez and Ben Bacile

3rd Grade-Oliva Fitzgerald and Blake Casner

4th Grade-Adrienne Bland and Zach Miller

5th Grade- Kaky Kuby and Ryan Rodriguez

6th Grade-Matthew Brewer

7th Grade-Annabel Stollenwreck and Chase Kirkland

8th Grade-Ashtyn Zapletal and Ben Metzler



Congratulations to all the winners!



The first Booster Club meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 13th in the Upper School cafateria at 7:00p. Refreshments will be served.

Punt, Pass and Kick Cook-out

Incredible is all I can say. The turn out for the innagural Punt, Pass and Kick Cook-out was incredible. A special thanks to the BeeZee's, Doub Best and Ted Zapletal for all of their hard work. Thanks to the 8th grade girls that helped with the set up and clean up. Thanks also go out to the football coaches for judging, and Head Football Coach John Stollenwreck for his great work on the mic. Joe Gregory, Jim Sowder, Jo Ormsby and Mike Kelly get my thanks for taking care of the grill and food table. Andy Bautz, Rob and Amy Peck- a big thank you for monitoring the money table. Thanks to Rob Baldwin for making a late trip to ParkitMarket for the third keg and countless trip to Albertson's. Staff Photographer Gordon Bruce took incredible pictures, some of which I hope to attach. Trey Smith graciously offered to set up the PA system and it sounded great. Thank you, thank you, thank you to Karl Kuby for the generous donation of the dogs and brats. The jalapeno hot dogs are my new favorite.

Some things I learned... overbuy on foodand beer We ran out of burgers and dogs.Never underestimate the beer drinking abilities of all of us STA athletic supporters. We set a record for beer consumption at Booster Club cook-out with three kegs. I learned that the PPK Cook-out, or Heismans and Hot Dogs as it will be known, will join Hoops and Hot Dogs and Homeruns and Hot Dogs as an annual event.

Finally, I really want to thank all of you that attended and helped make the innagural Heismans and Hot Dogs a great time. Thanks to your children for participating.